Mother SHIPTON'S PROPHECY: WITH Three and XX more, all most Terrible and Wonderful, Predicting strange Alterations to befall this Climate of ENGLAND. VIZ. 1. Of Richard the III. 2. Mr. Truswal Recorder of Lincoln. 3. lily's Predictions. 4. A Prophecy alluding to the Scots last Invasion. 5. Ignatius his Prophecy. 6. Mrs. Whites Prophecy. 7. Old Sibylla's Prophecy. 8. Merlin's Prophecies. 9 Mr. Brightman's. 10 Old Orwel Bins. 11. Paulus Greberus Proph. 12. A Prophecy in old English meeter. 13. Another ancient Proph. 14. Another short, but pithy. 15. Another very obscure. 16. Saltmarsh his Predict. 17. A strange Prophecy of an old Welch-woman. 18. St. Bede's Prophecy. 19 William Ambrose. 20 Tea's Prophecy. 21. Thomas of Astledown. 22. Saunders his predictions. 23. A Prophecy of David, Cardinal of France, etc. woodcut of mother shipton delivering her phophecy to cardinal wolsey Wolsey. Mother Shipton. York. LONDON, Printed by A. P. and T. H. for F. Coles, and are to be sold at his Shop, in Vine-street on Saffron-Hill, near Hatton-garden. 1678. The Prophecy of Shipton's wife in the time of Henry the Eighth. Note, that this Prophecy was never exactly Printed before. WHEN she heard that King Henry the 8. should be King, and Cardinal Wolsey should be at York, she said, that Cardinal Wolsey should never come to York, Which the King and the Cardinal hearing, being angry sent the Duke of Suffolk and the L. Darcy to her, who came with their men disguised to the King's house near York, where leaving their men, they went to Mr. Besly in York, and desired him to go with them to Mother Shipton's house: where when they came they knocked at the door, she said, Come in, Mr. Besly, and those honourable Lords with you; and Mr. Besly would have put in the Lords before him, but she said, Come in, Mr. Besly, you know the way, but they do not. This they thought strange that she should know them and never saw them; then they went into the house, where there was a great fire, and they drank and were very merry. Mother Shipton, said the Duke, if you knew what we came about, you would not bid us so welcome. She said, the Messenger should not be hanged. Mother Shipton, said the Duke, you said the Cardinal should never see York. Yea, said she, I said he might see York, but never come at it. But, said the Duke, when he comes to York thou shalt be burned. We shall see that, said she; and plucking her Handkerchief off her head she threw it into the fire, and it would not burn; then she took her staff and turned it into the fire, and it would not burn; then she took and put it on again. Then, said the Duke, what mean you by this? She replied, If this had burned I might have burned. Mother Shipton, quoth the Duke, what think you of me? My Lord, said she, the time will come (a) The Duke was afterward beheaded. you will be as low as I am, and that is a low one indeed. My Lord Piercy said, and what think you of me? My Lord, said she, Shoe your Horse in the quick, and you shall do well, but your (b) This proved true, for he risen in rebellion in the North, and by not flying when he might, he was taken and beheaded in York, where his Body was buried, and his Head was stolen away and carried into France, tempore Eliz. Reg. body will be buried in York Pavement, and your head shall be stolen from the Bar and carried into France. At which they all laughed, saying, That would be a great lop between the Head and the Body. Then said the Lord Darcy, and what think you of me? She said, You have made a great Gun, shoot it off, for it will never do you any good; you are going to War, you will pain many a man, but kill none. So they went away. Not long after the Cardinal came to Cawood, and going to the top of the Tower he asked where stands York, and how far it was thither; and said, that one said he should never see York: Nay, said one, she said you might see York, but never come at it. He vowed to burn her when he came to York. Then they shown him York, and told him it was but eight miles thence. He said that he would soon be there; but being sent for by the King, he died in his way to London at Leicester of a Lask. And Shipton's wife said to Mr. Besly, Yonder is a fine Stall built for the Cardinal of the Minster of Gold, Pearl and precious Stones, go and present one of the Pillars to King Henry; and he did so. Mr. Besly seeing these things fall out as she had foretold, desired her to tell him some more of her Prophecies. Mr. Besly, said she, before that (c) This came to pass, for Trinity Steeple in York was blown down with a tempest, and Owse-bridge was broken down with a great flood; and what they did in repairing the Bridge in the day time with the stones of the Steeple, fell down in the night, until they remembering this Prophecy, laid the bighest stone of the Steeple for the foundation of the Bridge, and then the work stood. And by this was partly verified another of Mother Shipton's Prophecies, viz, that her Maid should live to drive her Cow over Trinity Steeple. Owse-bridge and Trinity Church meet, they shall build on the day, and it shall fall in the night, until they get the highest stone of Trinity Steeple to be the lowest stone of Owse-bridge. That the day will come when the North shall rue its wondrous sore, but the South shall rue it for evermore: when Hares kindle on cold (d) Supposed to be 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by suppression of Abbeys & other religious houses; and at the Lord Wil howard's house at Naworth, a Hare came and kindled in his Kitchen upon his hearth. hearth-stones; and Lads shall marry Ladies & bring them home. Then shall you have a year of pining hunger, and then a dearth without corn, a woeful day will be seen in England, a King and a Queen. The first coming of the (e) This was fulfilled in K. James' coming in, for such multitudes of people stood at Holdgate-Bar to behold him, as that to avoid the press he was forced to ride another way. King of Scots shall be at Holgate Town, but he shall not come in through the Bar; and when the King (f) When K. James was at London, his Children were at Edinborough, preparing to come into England. of the North shall be at London, his tail shall be at Edinborough. After this shall water (g) This is verified by the conducting of water into York streets through bored Elms and the Conduit-house hath a Windmill on the top that draws up the water. come over Owse-bridge, & a Windmill shall be set on a Tower, and an Elm-tree shall lie at every man's door; and at that time women shall wear great Hats and great Bands. And when there is a (h) A Lord Mayor whose house was in the Minster-yard in York, was killed with three stabs. Lord Major at York let him beware of a stab. When two Knights (i) Sir T. Wentworth and Sir John Savil, in choosing Knights to the Shire, in the Castle-yard at York, did so fall out, that they were never well reconciled. shall fall out in the Castle-yard, they shall never be kindly all their lives after. When all (k) Colton-hag in her time was Wood, land ground full of Trees, which bore Corn seven years; and the seventh years after that was the year of the coming in of the Scots, and their taking of Newcastle. Colton-hag hath born crops of Corn, seven years after you shall hear News, there shall two judges (l) In the year 1616 two Judges of Assize went at a Gate in York, where never any Judges were known to go out before. go in and out at Walmgate-bar. Then Wars shall begin in the Spring, Much woe to England it shall bring. Then shall the Ladies cry well away, That ever we lived to see this day. Then best for them that have the least, and worst for them that have the most. You shall not now of the War over night, yet you shall have it in the morning; and when it comes it shall last three years. Between Cardon and Air shall be great warfare; when all the world is lost, it shall be called Christ's Cross. When the Battle gins, it shall be where (m) Near Licester, where Richard the 3. was slain in battle, the Col. Hastings was one of the first in arms, endeavouring to settle the Commission of Array in opposition to others that were settling the Militia. Crook-back Richard began his fray. They shall say, To warefare for our King for half a crown a day, but stir not (they will say) to warfare for our King on pain of hanging, but stir not; for be that goes to complain, shall not come back again. The time will come when England shall tremble and quake, for fear of a dead man that shall be heard to speak. Then will the Dragon give the Bull a great snap, and when the one is down they will go to London town. Than there will be a great battle between England and Scotland, and they will be pacified for a time, when they come to Brammamore they fight, and are again pacified for a cime. Then there will be a great battle between England and Scotland at Stockmore. Then will a Raven sit on the (n) It is to be noted and admired, that this Cross in Shipton days was a tall stone Cross, which ever since hath been by degrees sir king into the ground, and now is sunk so low, that a Raven may sit upon the top of it, and reach with her hill to the ground. Cross. and drink as much blood of Nobles, as of the Common●. Then woe is me, for London shall be destroyed for ever after. There will come a Woman with one eye, and she shall tread in many men's blood to the knee; and a man leaning on a staff by her, she shall say to him, Who art thou? And he shall say, I am the King of Scots. And she shall say, Go with me to my house, for there are three Knights. And he will go with her, and stay there three days and three nights. Then will England be lost and they will cry twice a day, England is lost. Then there will be three Knights in Peter-gate in York, and the one shall not know of the other; there shall be a Child born in Pomfret with (e) There is a Child not many years since born at Pomfret, with three thumbs. three thumbs, and those three Knights will give him three horses to hold while they win England, and all Noble blood shall be gone but one; and they shall carry him to Sheriff Huttons Castle, six miles from York, and he shall die there; and they shall choose there an Earl in the field, & hanging their horses on a thorn, will rue the time that ever they were born to see so much blood shed. Then they will come to York to besiege it, and they shall keep them out three days and three nights, and a penny-loaf shall be within the Bar at half a crown, and without the Bar at a penny; and they will swear if they will not yield, to blow up the Town-walls. Then they will let them in, and they will hang up the Mayor, Sheriffs and Aldermen, and they will go into Crouch Church, there will three Knights go in, and but one come out again, and he will cause Proclamation to be made, that any man may take house, tower or bower for 12 years; and while the world endureth there shall never be warfare again, nor any more Kings or Queens, but the Kingdom shall be governed by three Lords, and then York shall be London. And after this shall be a white Harvest of Corn gotten in by Women. Then shall be in the North, that one woman shall say unto another, Mother, I have seen a man to day: and for one man there shall be a thousand women. There shall be a man sitting on St. James' Church-hill, weeping his fill. And after that a Ship come sailing up the Thames till it come against London, and the Master of the Ship shall weep, and the Mariners shall ask him why he weepeth, being he hath made so good a voyage? And he shall say, Ah! what a goodly City was this, none in the world comparable to it, and now there is left scarce any house that can let us have drink for our money. Unhappy he that lives to see those days, But happy are the dead, Shipton's Wife says: In the world's old age this woman did foretell, Strange things shall hap, which in our time have fell. A Prediction of K. Richard the Third. IN the reign of K. Richard III, his Majesty with his Army lay at Leicester the night before the battle of Bosworth field was fought. It happened in the morning as the King road through the South-gate, a poor blind man (by profession a Wheel-wright) sat begging, and hearing of his approach, said, That if the Moon changed twice that day (having by her ordinary course changed in the morning) K. Richard should lose his Crown and be slain. And riding over the Bridge, his left foot struck upon a stump of wood, which the old man hearing, said, Even so shall his head at his return back hit on the same place, which so came to pass: And a Nobleman that carried the Moon for his Colours revolted from K. Richard, whereby he lost that Day, his Life, Crown and Kingdom; which verified the presages of that poor blind old man. Mr. Truswal's, Recorder of Lincoln. THe Lily shall remain in a merry world, & he shall be moved against the se●d of the Lion, &c he shall stand on one side amongst Thrones of his Kingdom & Country. And there shall come the Son of man bearing 3 wild Beasts in his Arms, which Kingdom is the Lord of the Moon, which is to be dread throughout all the world; with a company of people he shall pass many waters, & shall come to the land of the Lion, looking for help, with the beasts of his own country. And in that year there shall come a● Eagle out of the East, & his wings spread with the beams of the son of man; & that year shall be destroyed Castles upon Thames, and there shall be great fears over the whole world, and in a part of the land there shall be great battles among many Kingdoms. This day shallbe the bloody field, & the Lily shall ●●se his Crown, & therewith shall be crowned the Son of man. And in the 40 years many Battles shall be for the Faith, and most of the World shall be … pen, but the Son of man with the Eagle shall be preserved, and there shall be an universal Peace over the whole World: Then shall the Son of man receive a marvellous token, and there shall be great plenty of all manner of Fruits, and then shall he go to the Land of the Cross. Mr. Lily in the 59 and 60 Page of his Astronomical Predictions foretells, THat the Scots intent to invade us again, but shall not set a foot so far as York in a hostile manner: The child is now born that shall see that a most flourishing City: If they come they must not expect so fair an Enemy as Cromwell, nor so good Quarter as lately they found; Jockey, Jemmy, and Moggy, that the Soldiers must then to the Sword, Fire, Famine and Destruction, following them to the walls and heart of Edinburgh itself. A Prophecy of the Scots Invasion. When you have had hard work to do, And added Five to Forty two, You shall perceive a goodly Play spoiled, And by unworthy Actors foiled: The Scene transposed, the Act confused, The Poet shamefully abused. The first intention of the Plot, By their confusion's quite forgot; Yea, them to Tragic acts designed, Who entered with a Comic mind. Some personating double parts, With double tongues and double hearts, Shall from one side to t'other run, Till they are scorned of every one: And by their means (when Peace seems near) The troubles which did first appear, In Thirty nine prolonged will be Till fifty two and fifty three; And now what courses will be took, When those years wheel about, go look. Ignatius his Prophecy. IF Eighty eight be past, then thrive Thou mayst, till Thirty four or five. After that E is Dead, a Scot Shall govern there, and if a Plot Prevent him not, then sure his sway Continue shall till many a day. The Ninth shall die young, and the first Perhaps shall Reign; but (Oh) accursed Shall be the time when thou shalt see To sixteen joined twenty three: For then the Eagle shall have help, By craft to catch the Lion's whelp, And hurt him sore, except the same Be cured by the Maiden's name. In July month of the same year; Saturn conjoins with Jupiter. Perhaps false prophets shall arise, And Mahomet shall show his prize: And sure much alteration Shall happen in Religion; Believe this truly, if then you see? A Spaniard a Protestant to be, Mrs. White a Welchwoman, Prophesied as follows, on the Month of May. THe 25th. of this Month of May, Shall be a sad disastrous day; And they that Charles his patt doth take, Shall dearly suffer for his sake: And many of his Friends shall fly Like dust before the Enemy. But in the pleasant Month of June, The Birds shall sing another tune; A glorious splendour shall appear, And so protect our Sovereign dear. Dieu cathee whee Guenthelin White, aged 112 years. The Prophecy of old Sibylla. When Scotland's 109 unconquered Kings, The sixteenth hundred thirty and nine, Into his age of thirty nine shall Reign, Then shall the Papal overthrow appear, Which all the Arts of Europe shall admire For Scotland shall that blessed work begin, Then shall the Whore of Babel had here Be banished quite, which Bishops did bring in. Then thou brave England, which was led so blind, By their perverse Episcopal pride, And Iretands shameful superstitious fin Shall be suppressed, who cruelly have cried, So that, that sacred Prophetess Sibylla, Shall shortly come to pass, she tells Tom Milla, And Tom tells me, and I must tell't again, Through Scotland, England, Ireland, France and Spain Merlin's Prophecy. ON Borcas wings then hither shall be born, Through Week o'er Tweed, a Princely Unicorn, Who brought into the world his own fat Crest, A rampant Lion figured on his breast. And to his arms six Lions more shall quarter, With six French flowers environed with the Garter Joining by fates unchangeable dispose, The Northern Thistle in the Southern Rose. He shall the true Apostolic Faith maintain With pious zeal during his blessed Reign. That Lincoln was, that London is, and York shall be; Brave London prays those days she ne'er may see. The Prophecy of Orwel Bins, kept by Mr. Smith, Vicar of Hudderfield 40 years. THen James shall see a second Crown, In pulling Pope and Papists down; But James shall vanish from their face At half Elizabeth's Royal Race ' Then using foreign policies, Grudge and discontents arise; Yet shall they 'ssemble at the seat Of Parli'ment for a work most great; But strange Opinions there shall sow Dissensions that too high shall grow: And Laodicea's England's Church, Of grace and beauty some shall lurch; And Smiths of policy shall invent To cast new moulds of Government. While vulgar Birds of weaker wing Grow stout against their Eagle King; Whose just integtous heart shall prove The Adamant of subjects love. Then pride shall some in prison lock, And lop a head off on a block; By honest power they shall bring down An aspirer that assumed the Crown: That he whose power did Laws contemn, Might find a grave no Diadem. Some Comic Scenes shall then be acted By vulgar Players much distracted; The Gospel from a Tub or Tun Shall preached by Mechanics run. Petticoats shall in Pulpits preach, And Women be allowed to teach: And in those gloomy dogged days, They shall tread off the Muse's bays. Thus strife and envy shall increase, And Roundheads shall disturb the peace Of Religion, while they it toss In blankets, and pull down the Cross. The Brownists shall no old Prayers brook, Sermons shall drown the Service-book. Then all men in those times shall see Great troubles and calamity. Then on the Irish Bogs and Heath Many a man shall taste of death. The soldier's wages shall increase, Till Wars at last in Conquest cease. To such as are good Landlords known, In hostile times some love is shown: But for all such as have great store, They're in less safety than the poor. Then twenty pounds of coin in hand, Is worth so much of yearly land. From Ireland then there shall come one Must lose his head upon a stone. But when England shall swim in floods Of plenty, and grow proud of goods; Then from their sleep they shall be waked, To know themselves both blind and naked. Christ's Church must know some misery, Then shall be a doleful Tragedy. 〈…〉 Prophesy. WHen England's Church grows England's shame, Full of lukewarmness, glory vain: The worst in works and outward form, And with contrary factions torn: When Romish Rites by Reformation Shall be expelled out of this Nation. Lord Beggar Bishops then shall come To ruin and be overthrown. The Priests shall be vile to each Wight. Their downfall read with much delight. For God will not the guiltless hold, That have been neither hot nor cold. The Scotch Church shall be in condition. A Virgin free from superstition; They shall be joined in Covenant, 'Gainst which the world shall boast and vaunt. But England's Church must feel the storm Until she truly herself reform: Such hurly-burly and such stir, No form of Church shall remain in her. But Reformation shall take breath From the Reign of Queen Elizabeth. Paulus Grebnerus his Prophecy, presented to Q. Elizabeth, anno 1682, concerning those times. THat a Northern King shall Reign, Charles by name, who shall take to Wife Mary of the Popish Religion, whereupon he shall be a most unfortunate Prince. Then the people of his Dominion shall choose to themselves another Commander for Governor, v z. an Earl, whose Government shall last three years or thereabout. And afterwards the same people shall choose another Commander (or Governor) viz. a King, not of the same Family or Dignity. And after him they shall choose none at all. Then after him shall appear one Charles, descending from Charles the First, and shall govern his Father's Kingdoms wonderful happily, and shall bear rule far and near; and shall be greater than Charles the Great. A Prophecy very ancient in old Meeter. IN the same year that fully shall expire, The sixth great wonder o● the world's Empire. THen Tyders * i e. Hen. Edw. Mar. Phil. Eliz. HEMP shall end I dare a read; Then * after Q. Elizabeth King james. E shall fall, and I shall stand in stead. In the same year a great Plague shall reign, The which a thousand days it shall remain. At Mary's Mass in Court they hold, The which a bloody ink shall be enrolled; There many a plea shall pass with brawling words, And short daggers shall be better than long swords. On ●…unslow-heath soon after shall be seen A fierce battle fought by a King I ween; Of Knights there shall be three thousand there, Of which there shall but ten back again appear. O here shall many a battle and brawl be, And then a huge host shall pass over the Sea; Concluding a Peace, but on this wise, Betwixt C C two L L so long shall last two I I; Another. EVer shall ⚅ be called the first of Dice, When ⚀ shall bear up, Then shall England be ecleped Paradise, When ⚄ and ⚃ be set on side; The name of ⚃ shall spring full wide. And when ⚃ and ⚁ drive out ⚂, Then may England sing well-away: Then it is all shent, For then shall be another Parliament. ⚅ shall up, and ⚀ shall under. The Lion, the Rose, the Flower-de-luce The lock shall undo: Then shall ⚅ bear the prime, And ⚀ shall help thereto. Another short, but pithy. IN Germany gins a Dance, Which passeth through Italy, Spain and France. And to Ireland is a Leper. There the Dance lieth at a stand, Till it ventures o'er into Scotland; But England shall pay the Piper. Another. ENgland thy proper Native thee betrays. Because all Nations hate thee and thy ways Spain doth undermine thee, France doth grow, Wales threats, the Irish thee by snares doth awe. And bravest men do on a sudden dye, And thou thyself dost wholly ruined lie, Yet seest it not, but under feigned Peace Dost thine own misery still more increase. Mr. Saltmarsh's Predictions, declared to his Excellency the Lord Fairfax, and the Council of his Army, the motives that occasioned it, and the manner of his death. HE being at his house at Yilford in Essex, December 4. 1647. told his wife, that he had received a Command from God, to make known to the Armies what the Lord had revealed unto him; the like he said to Sir H. M. Knight, a Member of the House of Commons, as soon as he arrived at Lon●●●. The next day, being the Lord's day, he found some difficulty to procure a horse, but after dinner he got one, and rid alone towards Windsor, but missing his way, lodged at night seven miles short, where he declared, That the great and dreadful day of the Lord is near, when all men shall be judged by Jesus Christ; and then shall the ways and actions of all men appear, etc. Early the next day Decemb. 6. he again miss his way in a Forest, but espying a house rid to it to demand his way, and there made known that God was purposed to destroy the wicked, and draw the Saints to himself, with much more. After which he departed, and about nine of the clock came to Windsor, where Mr. A. a● Adjutator saluted him. He said, Mr. A. depart from these Tents lest you perish with them, for the Lord hath revealed unto me that he is angry with this Army, because they have forsaken him. Another, a Captain asked him how he did? To whom he replied, that he had nothing from God to say to him because he had always been a seeker under specious pretence. Then seeing one E. D. another Officer, he said, he could not own him, for he was for distinction. Then he went to ●he general Council, where many Officers were met in expectation of the General; he told them, that he was come thither to reveal the Lords command; that though God had done much for them, and by them, yet he had left them and their Counsels, because they had forsaken him; that God would not prosper their consultations, but destroy them by divisions amongst themselves; that formerly he came like a Lamb, but now God had raised in him the spirit of a Lion, because they had sought to destroy the Prophet of God Some said that he looked like one distracted, and that he had been sick and was not well recovered, To whom he replied, that he had been sick, but was well in health then, and sensible of what he said, and, that should be the last time that ever he should speak to them. Afterwards he went to the General not moving his hat, and told him, that he had no command from God to honour him; that he had honoured him so much, as he offended God in doting on his person, and that God would no longer prosper him, etc. Then going to the L. Gen. who asked him how he did? he without any respect answered him, that God was very angry with him for abusing the godly, and that the Armies falling from their first principles would occasion their ruin and destruction, etc. After which he departed, and on Tuesday Decemb. 7. he went again to the L. Gen. and declared, that he was sorry to see such obstinacy in him, and wished him to be mindful of what God had declared unto him. Afterwards he took his leave of the Army, and said, he had done his errand, and must leave them, never to see his Army any more. On Wednesday Decemb. 8. he came to London, and took leave of some friends, to whom he recommended his Wife. On Thursday Decemb. 9 he went from London to his house at Y●lford, not sick at all, and told his Wife what he had done. On Friday Decemb. 10 he said he had finished his course, and must go to his Father: in the afternoon he said his head ached, and laid himself upon the bed. On Saturday Decemb. 11 he was taken speechless, and about four or five of the clock in the afternoon he died. The several Prophecies of divers men. A Strange prophecy of an old Welch-woman lately deceased, found written in her trunk in old writing, foreshowing the ruin of R●gland Castle, the Scots invasion and destruction in the year 1649, and that the Scots shall the next year 1650 make another attempt to invade this land, but again be beaten; but after that the year following ●hey will come again with far more strength, and then shall waste and utterly undo many; but afterward they shall find such a terrible repulse, that most of them shall be utterly overthrown and vanquished. ST. Bede saith, Sin shall cause great trouble in every land, and right shall not reign in his inheritance. Seven deadly sins shall be upholden; Falsehood shall proudly stand, and black clouds of ignorance shall stop the light of remembrance, Truth and equity down shall be laid, for men shall their God forsake, and give themselves to misgovernance. In heart great sorrow then shall awake, for 〈…〉 of vengeance, but ever worse and worse their life shall be, so that all Realms shall speak of thee, with death and dearth in every Country. God shall so punish this Nation with Battles beyond-Sea, they shall be brought into desperation. WIlliam Ambrose saith, Treason shall labour fast with all her might to keep Right out of the land, with Laws and Ordinances day and night, and no token of true love shall be found: ranting Gallants with reason shall punish all about, and then make a sentence in justice of Law, and cause many one to stand in great doubt, and after a cursed manner they shall ever draw, and against the right they shall ever malign, and they shall lose their heads ever among, and they that bear the Lantern shall lie in the mire, and the people shall wade deep in sin, for the Pastors of the Church shall rest and sleep in blindness and simony, and have great treasures in their chests, and be secret with Ladies and others, and sport them in adultery, and say it is natural, causing many to sin, and their audacity shall be great to cover the sin withal; and the blind shall lead the blind till both fall in the ditch, and many one shall go wrong for lack of clear light; for where the foundation is not sure, down it goeth. TOD saith, The great shall supplant the poor, and pill them daily, and keep them full low, and shall compel them daily to know falsehood, which shall be called true and right, and the great shall climb and win to have all after their content to set aside a Commonwealth. Wherefore you Saxons, think not, though God tarry a time, that the Normans and you both shall be driven away, the Brutes of the first line shall enter again; and be never so loath, ye shall go from hence for your great sin; the Brutes were the first, and shall be again dwelling in the land, and with them shall abide all that is true blood, (the Brutes were driven hence for their great sin, and when they win least) so shall the Saxons. The holy men desired to know when these sorrows should begin, and what Battles should be, and how, who should l … e and who should win. A voice answered and sa●d] When all sin is favoured without correction, and Lords wed their own kin, and men in God have no affection; when Priests and Lay-people be all one in word and deed without any fare, and men shall not care what they do, nor how they get their goods, nor where; and innocence in that time the Crown shall wear. And this time of trouble shall continue forty years ere it be ended all. THomas of Astledown saith, There shall be a deceitful Parliament, in the which shall be showed much malice, which they can no longer keep in secret, which hath of long time been prevented; and there shall be such controversies in Opinions, that the Realm shall be in four parts. And with that voice shall arise the third part of the world against us, to punish us for the great abominable Heresies and whoredom of them of the holy Orders. Saunders Prediction for the Year 1659. IT's worth the noting, That the 14 great Orb in which the Moon and Leo have ruled, shall have its period 1659., and then gins the 15 great Orb, in which Saturn and Virgo shall predominate: which Sign Virgo was the Sign of the great Conjunction before the coming of Christ, which shall produce great changes in the world, and principally concerns Mercurialists, who will then have more rule in the world. And under this there will be a King in England David's Prophecy, Cardinal in France. CHarls mighty Monarch did the C begin, After whose death usurping C came in; By will and force he some few years bore sway, Nothing but blood his fury could allay: Alas this hundred and his crooked Race Were like Usurpers turned out of the place Of Honour, as they well deserved indeed. And now the L for fifty doth succeed. Stout Neptune's left, and by the Monk so bold, Who doth appear this Riddle to unfold. Right shall have Right, for in a little space, A hundred shall be of the hundred Race. The Monk will join (as appearance shows) The exiled Thistle to the happy Rose. Who shall in peace these Naions free from fears, Govern in safety for three hundred years FINIS.